Cell growth, division, and invasion are programmed by our genes. Cancer is started by faulty genes. You can inherit a faulty gene from your father or mother. Actually, even an inherited gene needs something in the environment to cause the final mutation needed to lead to breast cancer. So breast cancer, like other cancers are caused by a combination of abnormal genes and environmental factors.
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is a cause of breast cancer!
HRT is synthetic estrogen and/or progesterone (called progestin). It is designed to "replace" a woman's depleting hormone levels at menopause. HRT is commonly prescribed to relieve menopausal symptoms, such as hot flashes and vaginal dryness. The hormone replacement therapy is also used to help prevent osteoporosis.
HRT causes breast cancer!
The possible link between hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and breast cancer is the source of most of the controversy surrounding hormone use in menopausal women. HRT does carry with a sizable increase in breast cancer risk.
A review of preliminary data of the Women's Health Initiative study, the largest clinical trial ever undertaken in the United States showed a 26 percent increase in breast cancer in women receiving hormone replacement therapies with drugs compared with women receiving a placebo. In addition, instead of a heart benefit there was a 29 percent increase in heart attacks and a 22 percent increase in total cardiovascular disease among women receiving the synthetic hormones.
The medical establishment is becoming increasingly interested in this alternative medicine more than ever since ovarian and breast cancer as well as heart disease, blood clots and strokes risks are associated with conventional Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) treatment.
Balancing hormonal levels without side effects:
Pharmaceutical companies make you believe that for the treatment of low hormonal production, drugs are the only solution, that isn't the case. Before you make the choice of taking synthetic hormones within a hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and deal with the side effects, you might want to consider less riskier approaches. For example, there is a type of alternative medicine that doesn't artificially put hormones in your body, but stimulates your body itself to produce only the necessary hormones. Click on the link below and learn about the approaches to treat hormonal imbalance. |
